Because the rights owners didn't license it for Latin America. Its not like Crunchyroll decided to leave out Latin America.

As far as why the Japanese made that decision, we can only guess.

hpulleywrote: Though it is odd with LoveLive!, which has the same subs as Crunchyroll on the import Blu-ray discs the OP and ED are translated from episode 1. On Crunchyroll they eventually got translated in later episodes. So it seems that sometimes it is allowed...

Its a rights things.

(1) If the song is commissioned by the Production Committee, they own the rights free and clear and can grant or deny lyrics translation rights. Some are, and those would be the ones most likely to show up on Crunchyroll.

(2) if the song rights are owned by the artist, the performance rights, lyrics rights and reproduction rights are three different things. Performance rights go with the licensing of the series, but the other two require separate deals. BD/DVD distributors can of course afford all three, but the cost of the contracts for the other rights normally put them out of reach for Crunchyroll.

hpulleywrote: Though it is odd with LoveLive!, which has the same subs as Crunchyroll on the import Blu-ray discs the OP and ED are translated from episode 1. On Crunchyroll they eventually got translated in later episodes. So it seems that sometimes it is allowed...

Its a rights things.

(1) If the song is commissioned by the Production Committee, they own the rights free and clear and can grant or deny lyrics translation rights. Some are, and those would be the ones most likely to show up on Crunchyroll.

(2) if the song rights are owned by the artist, the performance rights, lyrics rights and reproduction rights are three different things. Performance rights go with the licensing of the series, but the other two require separate deals. BD/DVD distributors can of course afford all three, but the cost of the contracts for the other rights normally put them out of reach for Crunchyroll.

And sometimes they can't even get the performance rights and they have to cut the whole scene right out of the show like the Russian folk song Katyusha in Girls Und Panzer episode 8. I finally got to see it last week when my copy of Blu-ray disc #4 arrived. Others had already seen it on fansubs of course...

i would assume translating in more literal terms instead of having more "writer's freedom" might be better, cause these episodes are translated as they come out i assume. this way, there is less to go back and "correct" cause one too many times a writer's artistic freedom can screw up a tiny detail that can screw up a plot later down the road. i assume translating more literally helps prevent having to write the corrections, and another translator can pick up where the last one left off with more ease should there be a need to switch translators due to circumstances.

i would assume translating in more literal terms instead of having more "writer's freedom" might be better, cause these episodes are translated as they come out i assume. this way, there is less to go back and "correct" cause one too many times a writer's artistic freedom can screw up a tiny detail that can screw up a plot later down the road. i assume translating more literally helps prevent having to write the corrections, and another translator can pick up where the last one left off with more ease should there be a need to switch translators due to circumstances.

(btw, when i say "writer" it's not the same idea as "translator")

Indeed it is better to stay as close as possible to avoid translating yourself into a corner. In the '70s, '80s and even '90s they often changed a ton of stuff and then had to keep using those changes sometimes for decades on long running shows and manga runs.

In the case of Robotech ruining Macross, Southern Cross and Mospeada in an attempt to create one series out of three, adding protoculture and Robotech Masters to it means that we never got any of the actual Macross sequels because they don't fit with the story the writers (not translators as you note, but writers) created to make Southern Cross and Mospeada the sequels to Macross Super Dimensional Fortress so they had enough episodes for syndication. Unfortunately the licenses mean we likely will never get the Macross F and other releases here though we did get actual releases of Macross Super Dimensional Fortress recently with the original audio and new dubs without the protoculture and Robotech Masters silliness so I suppose you can never say never.

Viz' changes to Battle Angel, including the name of the main character in 1995 are still ongoing. Another company had to buy the rights to use the silly names of people and places that they changed and have been translating for almost 20 years now. Big mess, would have been simpler if they'd been happy to keep things closer to the original.

Oh, the bad old days of manga and anime translations.... only good thing is they inspired me to learn Japanese!

hpulleywrote: And sometimes they can't even get the performance rights and they have to cut the whole scene right out of the show like the Russian folk song Katyusha in Girls Und Panzer episode 8. I finally got to see it last week when my copy of Blu-ray disc #4 arrived. Others had already seen it on fansubs of course...

Yes, once you have unbundled rights from different parties, then its pretty sure that the rights will get tangled up somehow for some series. It wouldn't be surprising if the Japanese licensed Japanese performance rights for that song. Several anime with Western songs as openings have run into the problem that they got the rights fairly cheap since the Western musicians thought it was a good way to raise their profile in Japan ... but they already had their profile in the US, so had no incentive to cut any special deals for the US release.

crlshviwrote:
... FUNimanition has Attack on Titan, but is A FEW DAYS late. while CR has same day simulcast.

Actually they are not supposed to be late, they are supposed to release at the same time as Crunchyroll. Hasn't happened yet, let's see what happens today...

Did it go up on time? I don't have Funimation EVS at the moment ~ heck, I've got all of my monthly subs turned off right now, they messed up my time sheet at work so I even turned off Netlfix ~ but I started looking for Railgun S well after its scheduled time and didn't see it.

OK, so by accident with the monthly cookie expiring I noticed that you're right. As of this moment, episode 5 of Hataraku Maou-sama is NOT available for free users but it IS visible for Elite subscribers. Paradoxically however, for the first 10 minutes of trying to play the video, I get the free version with ads and no 720... oh, Funimation, only you could show the ad free version only to Elite subscribers while not showing it to free users until hours later...